Bacon Simon
Bacon Simon - Vampires From Another World The Cinematic Progeny Of H. G. Wells The War Of The Worlds And Bram Stoker's Dracula - Paperback
Bacon Simon - Vampires From Another World The Cinematic Progeny Of H. G. Wells The War Of The Worlds And Bram Stoker's Dracula - Paperback
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Description: This book begins at the intersection of Dracula and War of the Worlds both published in 1897 London and describes the settings of Transylvania Mars and London as worlds linked by the body of the vampire. It explores the "vampire from another world" in all its various forms as a manifestation of not just our anxieties around alien others but also our alien selves. Unsurprisingly many of the tropes these novels generated and particularly the themes they have in common have been used and adapted by vampire narratives that followed. From Nosferatu to Alien Interstellar Stranger Things and many others this book examines how these narratives have evolved since the end of the nineteenth century. Bringing together texts and films from across the 19th 20th and 21st centuries from the far reaches of outer space and the distant future it concludes that the unexpected and the unknown are not always to be feared and that humanity does have the power to write its own future.
Title: Vampires From Another World The Cinematic Progeny Of H. G. Wells The War Of The Worlds And Bram Stoker's Dracula
Author(s): Bacon Simon
Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc
Barcode: 9781476678733
Pages: 200 Pages, 25 Photos, Filmography, Bibliography, Index
Publication Date: 6/4/2021
Category: Literature: History & Criticism
Description: This book begins at the intersection of Dracula and War of the Worlds both published in 1897 London and describes the settings of Transylvania Mars and London as worlds linked by the body of the vampire. It explores the "vampire from another world" in all its various forms as a manifestation of not just our anxieties around alien others but also our alien selves. Unsurprisingly many of the tropes these novels generated and particularly the themes they have in common have been used and adapted by vampire narratives that followed. From Nosferatu to Alien Interstellar Stranger Things and many others this book examines how these narratives have evolved since the end of the nineteenth century. Bringing together texts and films from across the 19th 20th and 21st centuries from the far reaches of outer space and the distant future it concludes that the unexpected and the unknown are not always to be feared and that humanity does have the power to write its own future.
Title: Vampires From Another World The Cinematic Progeny Of H. G. Wells The War Of The Worlds And Bram Stoker's Dracula
Author(s): Bacon Simon
Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc
Barcode: 9781476678733
Pages: 200 Pages, 25 Photos, Filmography, Bibliography, Index
Publication Date: 6/4/2021
Category: Literature: History & Criticism
